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non-beˈlligerent, a. and n.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not actively engaged in hostilities; not aggressive.
B. n. A country which abstains from active involvement in a war but which more or less openly favours one side. Hence non-beˈlligerence, -beˈlligerency, the status or attitude of a non-belligerent country.
1909Westm. Gaz. 14 June 5/3 When the defence has been on anything like a great scale, the non-belligerent defenders have very largely exceeded in number the armed defenders. 1940War Illustr. 5 Jan. 556 ‘The position assumed by Italy on September 1,’ he [sc. Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister] said, ‘was a position of non-belligerency strictly in conformity with the German intention of localizing the conflict.’ 1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Mar. 162 Today all the Balkan states are neutral, Italy is a ‘non-belligerent’, Turkey is a firm friend, Russia is uncertain. 1946Ann. Reg. 1945 76 The Spanish Government had publicly followed a policy not of neutrality but of non-belligerence. 1953P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (ed. 2) 115/1 A non-belligerent attitude between contending parties or powers. 1975Times 19 Aug. 13/2 A formal pledge of non-belligerency is something which President Sadat cannot or will not give. |